Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-13

Frait growing Ia 40 important source
Of wealth Of which the farmers Of the
sound country have almost entirely
failed TO take advantage. The excel.
lanoa OF che fruit grown In Western
washipeton is pFoverbiai. Il is. indeed,
almost without peer a. . fruit grow
Inc country. It's applea. pears. plnms
and small fruits are unrivalled, and the
trees yield abundantly even when they
receive scarcely 4 days care in the en-
tire year.
with these advantages. Western
Washington should Internationally be
ono Of the greatest fruit producing dis
triets In the United States. Yet II is
not, bat, on the contrary, the great pro
portion Of the fruit consumed here Is
actually imported from California, and
thousands Of dollars are actually sent
out Of the Territory for fruit when the
balance Of trade ought 10 be largely In
our favor. We buy where we ought 10
sell We pay cut money where We ought
70 receive 10.
Under The circumstances, The use Of
California grown fruit canaot be too
strongly discouraged on the score Of
economy o. Of health. Il is safe 10 as-
suna that the fruit shipped 10 Ne from
California Ia not The beat-thst the best
IL reserved for home consumption,
while only articles more or less inferior
ere shipped 10 this market. Aud u Ia
scarcely 10 be supposed that the quality
Of this infsEieF fruit 10 improved By the
sea voyage. On she contrary, Il i In
iured thereby, and when, ai LAST, II
reaohes the people Of Washington Ter
rilogy u Il ana. 10 be eaten.
The absuFdtty Of thus sending abroad
money for an Inferior article u the more
apparent when Il Il considered that oar
farmeFs could. II they woaid. nos only
supply ear evn markets With most ex-
celleni fFuits bat could make les pro
ductisn source OF revenue 10 the Ter
ritory. The fFuil crop is more certain
on Puget Sound thAn In any other por-
Iion Of she United States. A failure
may BE- said 10 be unknown, and u is
safe 70 assume that 70 viii be unknown
for great many years 10 Coma. with
q careful seleaticn Of trees aud due
amount Of aiseation. fruit would be-
cone the most reliable aud lucrative Of
eur cropa. Not emily could cur farmers
fully supply The home market. bot they
could introduce their fruit in the East
With certain profit 10 themselves. 0ne
can easily imaetne What sensation .
box Of our largest and best apples voaId
create Il displayed In New York o. Chi.
eago. Puget Sound fruit ooald easily
lnd . footing in TIE Eastern markets.
and With lie footing there onee e1tah-
liahed. n could never be driven cat.
Care must be exercised. however, in
the selection Of trees. No atiegnpa. ex.
eept By way Of experiment, should Be
made 10 introduce new AID uniried
varieties Az least, no reliance sheald be
placed upon such trees nntil their entire
adAVtAhiliey 10 car climate has been
demonstrated. IAs varieties which
have for years been carefully grown
here should Hrss reoeive attention. and
expeFiments Ia ether diFscsiens shoaid
cone afteTwArd. Fer IBIS Fsason. II fer
no other. IA b wsA 20 paFchAse trve& Of
established and permanently Iocased
dsAleEs. rather than % travelling sales-
men. whcae treas may O. may nos be
adaptable - ear climate. TIE faEt0sFs
shoula sake hossicalsare = sisdy. and
unsil they have done -. they shsasd
avail themselves Of tie sxpsEience aad
observation es thoss whs have aons 80.
with proper degree Of enterprise
ca The part Of The farmers. California
sruisa 81 = kind thal can be erown TO
advantage here may h. dssyea entirely
from Ger markets. And set only tAis,
bat waahinGton TesFitnsy Trusts can be
inigodaosa in tie Eastern Aaarksts ard
an unfaslinR searee Of Esvsnae b D.
velcped. Fsait eroviue has nsvss ~
eaivea from tie psorie 81 wssssFn
wasAineten lie afsentioa which IL de-
SERVES. ard its nsglsct has hesa b ~
great diaAavantaes u both psoaassr
a. ass.wnw.ae